(Dan Tri) – The Russian army announced that it continues to make progress in Donbass and takes control of a strategically important village in Eastern Ukraine.
Russian artillery shells opened fire (Photo: Sputnik).
`Thanks to active operations, units of the Tsetr Battle Group took complete control of the settlement of Ocheretino (in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR),), improved the tactical situation and defeated the formation
Previous reports said Russian forces had taken control of the southern part of Ocheretino by advancing along the local railway line.
According to Deep State, a Ukrainian analytical Telegram channel, the collapse of the defense system in the region was due to a mistake in rotation operations.
Moscow’s advance in Ocheretino appeared to be confirmed last month when a video circulated on social media showing a Russian flag being raised over an administrative building in the village.
Location of Ocheretino village on the map of Ukraine (Photo: Sky).
In addition, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 8 counterattacks by attack groups belonging to the 78th Air Assault Regiment, 47th Mechanized, 142nd, 143rd Infantry, 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces
`The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 380 soldiers, one US-made Abrams tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, including a US-made Bradley, one armored fighting vehicle and three pickup trucks.
In an interview with the Economist in early May, deputy director of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, Vadim Skibitsky, said he expected Russia to continue its offensive in Donbass, noting that Kiev was having difficulty in
`They always knew April and May would be a difficult time for us,` he said, referring to Western delays in providing military aid.
He also warned that `it is only a matter of time` before Chasov Yar, another Ukrainian stronghold in the Donbass region, falls like Avdiivka before.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Shoigu said in April that Moscow’s military was tightly controlling the initiative on the battlefield and gradually pushing back Ukrainian forces.
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